My First Pens

[aurrida]

Been busy this week making my first pens. few frusrations but the the wealth of help here was a big help. and, a yard of beech dowel to practice on ha ha. didnt realise i would have to become a photographer as well as a turner! i have just started designing a web site, now i am really getting a head ache.

 

[fernhills]

Hi,and welcome,i am not even going to comment,i`ll leave that to the experts,but to me your work and photos are 1st class...Carl

 

[Proud_Poppa_of_2]

Hi, Darren. Your pens and photographs are top notch. Do you mind giving us some more information about each of them? For instance, would you tell us about the kits, platings, blank materials and finishes? Some of us are rather new to this business and we can't figure out the details just by looking at the pictures. Thanks.

 

[aurrida]

all kits from csusa exept seirra's which i got locally from drechseln und mehr germany. all rohdium unless otherwise stated.

csusa kits are top statesman jr with ebony wax finish, lumber jack? its all i could get from the local diy.

Seirra Titanium, rainbow buckeye, ca and olive oil finish (its all i had)! from csusa

seirra black and crome, cocbola, wax finish, local supplier

csusa retro with thier black and white acrylic



csusa gentleman and thier masur birch, ca and olive oil

csusa gentleman jr and their buckeye burl, ca and olive oil

sanding down to 12000 with micromesh. After initial cleaning up of tool marks using the lathe finished sanding by hand with the grain only. ca, 3 coats of thick

think thats all




</u>

 

[Radman]

Very nice on all counts. Pens are great and photography too!
[8D]

 

[Tanner]

Beautiful pens!!! I wish my first pens looked this good!

 

[DozerMite]

Those are all very nice.Great pictures too.

 

[doddman70]

Very nice!!!!! especially for your first!! took me about a year to get that good[8D][]

 

[R2]

I'm very envious! they are great pens in every respect and your photography is excellent.[^]

 

[dweir]

WOW! Your pens and photography are first-rate![:I]. I will need another year or so to be that good.

If you need any help with web design, I am pretty good with cold fusion, html and ASP classic. I have not had the time to learn .net bloatware yet.

Here is a tag for one site that I am the designer and webmaster of. All running in cold fusion.
http://www.cfha.aero

Dave

 

[DCBluesman]

Beautiful pens, but could you crop your pictures down to 800 pixels wide or narrower next time. At 1000 pixels virtually everyone on the forum has to scroll right to see them. Thanks! [8D]

 

[bitshird]

Outstanding work and photos, Some day I hope to get that good at either one, the turning or the photo work, both are first class work....

 

[jhs494]

Excellent group of pens.
The pictures are good as well. Nice close up shots.
Thanks for sharing them with us.

 

[aurrida]

thanks everyone, much appreciated

have had a delivery of pens and woods, its back to work for me.

hopefully post again soon!

 

[Mather323]

Those are some very nice first pens congrats!

 

[W3DRM]

Very nice pens and photography! What kind of camera and lens do you use?

 

[txbatons]

Nice job on all of them!

 

[aurrida]

well the camera is a nikon coolpix 7900 set to snapshot mode and macro. 200 asa. .7 over exposure. Unfortunately no tripod so some camera shake.

light: was indirect natural sunlight through window reflected back with white paper. put through photo elements 3 i think and used quick fix if necessary.

just wasted two pink ivory blanks while drilling. too impatient. [V]